[AT] de-greasing disc brakes

[Mike]

  Probably not when you're combining, but I bet they do stopping in road 
gear.

Mike M


On 9/22/2015 9:36 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> You really think they get that hot on a combine? A car/truck I can see that,
> just thinking on a combine probably only 150-200 deg (just guessing). My
> thinking is anything real hot could start a fire with all the chaff. I may
> just have to look into getting a cheap toaster oven. I could probably do all
> 4 at once.  My only problem is finding the time to get by wally-world to
> pick one up.
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes
>
> Trust me they get hotter in use than you'll ever get them in the oven...
>
> Mike M
>
> On 9/22/2015 6:47 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>> Thanks for the suggestions guys! No where local to get these relined and I
>> don't have time to ship them off.
>> I like the heat idea, my only question is how hot I can get them and not
>> compromise the bonding agent (no rivets)?
>> I really don't know how much grease got on them, possibly just one face of
>> one disc. A good cleaning with brake cleaner may be sufficient. I threw
>> away
>> an old gas grill that would have been good for this.
>>
>> I'll let you guys know how things turn out, I'm going to surface grind the
>> 4
>> actuating plates, its going to take a little longer than I first thought.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
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